Albarn goes band barmy: Blur man forms another new group
Already a full-time member of both Blur and Gorillaz, Britpop-singer-turned-hip-rocker Damon Albarn has pieced together another new band, The Good The Bad And Queen.
So reports Mojo, anyway. Members taking up arms against pap pop musak include Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, former Verve man Simon Tong and The Clash's Paul Simonon. Tong has previously played live with Albarn, appearing in place of Graham Coxon on Blur's 2002 tour dates.
The four-piece is due to play Camden's recently re-opened Roundhouse venue as part of the Electric Proms series in October; a single is expected the same month, with an album following in early 2007.
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the bassist in verve? with nick mccabe being the guitarist and main reason that they were any good?
Simon Jones
was bassist. Simon Tonge was rhythm and came in later era Verve
Truedat
About Tong being rhythm in later era Verve.
And Jones being the bassist.
And McCabe being the reason the Verve were ever any good anyway.
yes
McCabe was indeed the only thing that made (The) Verves music come alive.
Clearly
that's rubbish. Ashcroft, however Virgin Radio he is now, was the balls behind the band...McCabe was (and still is) scared of his own shadow...i can't imagine that being any good live...
Bad Start
to the Electric Proms.
Kraftwerk please. And Stockhausen. Richard James. Boards Of Canada (due for a live appearance at some stage surely?) and a whole host of other lesser known stuff.
But not another Albarn supergroup.
He's looking more like
Rik Mayall all day.
why not another Albarn supergroup?
His two "projects" beats just about every other group, super or otherwise, for intelligent pop music.
i think
its gonna be great albarn is good at finding a winning formula
Ashcroft was (to being with)
a fantastic frontman, but (as evidenced by everything since 'A Northern Soul') Nick McCabe was the unquestionable genius in The Verve. I saw them live a couple of times fairly early on, and even though he didn't exactly throw himself around and Pete Salisbury and Simon Jones were a brilliant rhythm section, it was clearly McCabe who was leading them. To this day, he's still quite the most amazing guitarist I've ever seen, and words fail me when I try to sum up exactly how profound an effect his playing has had on me.
Next week: why Graham Coxon is a million times better than Steve Vai
Why do I love Albarn's music so much
and yet still want to lamp the fucker every time I see his pudgy little face?
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